I picked this up since I could pop that in, power the transmitter with USB.

All the reviews are tainted with folk that, well I apologize, are expecting more than the product can deliver. That is I see folk read "good for 20 feet" then they stick a wall and hope it will go 40 feet. That will result in a bad review.

At home we have the usual Kindle Fire HD 7. I was going to use this on that but went with a HDMI cable instead. I used the usual miniHDMI to HDMI, coupler, then HDMI to HDMI for the last stretch. Overall it's 31 feet long and works great without much to do and under 20 bucks.

I have windows 8 pro on it and the WiDi has some bugs in connecting sometimes, where it doesn't synch right on first connection and I have to disconnect, close the WiDi management program and the. Restart and reconnect. Then, if the tablet hits sleep mode the connection and software will need to be reset again as well. I don't recall those issues when I used Windows 7, however. And it comes preloaded with Win7 Home Premium.

Otherwise, it is good for my uses, presentations in the office and streaming WatchESPN and movies to the TV at home.

The system has some limitations to note, primarily no built in SiM slot for cellular data hook ups (only a minor inconvenience to me, as I just tether my cell when needed, and WiFi is pretty obiquitious where I travel. Also, there is no pen slot on the device for the stylus which is just a hassle. Also, the battery life stated is obviously wrong (7 hours?!?! I wish). I end up with about 4.5 - 5 hours of just using word, onenote, email, some web surfing and some other non-intensive windows programs. I get about 3 for steady video streaming, say from Amazon or Netflix.

Otherwise, it's a solidly built system that comes in at about the same price point as a surface pro tablet with 128 GB SSD, and no WiDi. I'm happy with it for now.

I hear you Bob, but my point was that it is a stable and usable system on a Windows 7 machine. The bugs only occurred when I upgraded the tablet to Windows 8 Pro, and as I recall, the upgrade assistant and the Intel website noted that there were issues using the platform on Windows 8 at the time. So it was my decision.

I like Windows 8 so I was willing to put up with the buggy WiDi driver in hopes that it gets resolved soon. Someone who bought the same machine and kept Windows 7 on it, is likely not to have my issues, as I never did when I had solely the Windows 7 Professional installed.

WiDi tablet just another example of constantly evolving hardware and software design. It's not surprising that all the leading edge applications of new hardware and software experience growing pains. The only way to instill some long term reliability into this technology chaos if you want something that works without constant updates and troubleshooting sessions is to standardize on a proven technology amongst manufacturers and "lock-in" that hardware/ software design for many years. The new technology gurus can pursue they're dreams, but if you want something you can depend on, you need industry wide standardization. A good example was the earlier Bell Telephone system which provided reliable wired telephone connections nationwide.

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